The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-04-10
MIED-READING.
Owning a Persons Thoughts Not
SO Difficult After All.


In speaking of his experience as s.
committeeman at one Of Bishops enter
tainments, gentleman said yesterda.
that the solution of the mind reading
experiments was probably hard OF
attainment through its very sim pIicisy
"As far as his driving through the
streets in safety" said he, goes, it
would b, very simple matter to move
the bandage underneath, and he could
see tolerably well through tie alpaca
bag, while it hid the position of the
bliddfold from the obsel V&tiun of the
committee and other spectators"
II would seem that the SO called mind
reading is not so difficult feat after
alp as the large centers of population
all seem to possess gen tlemen who are
successful in performing and SONG of
whom expose the tricks which they per-
form. It may be called minG reading,
as the adept is successful in discovering
what is in the other persons mind by
involuntary Indications given by the
subject. AS for example. when on last
Tuesday evening Eishop discovered,
while blinofolded. the lady thought OF
by the member of the committee, ne did
not discover her name was Miss Robert
son until he followed the very common
place process of asking her,
This is explained by Mr.. Haight, e
ent addition to the ranks of mind
readers, by the fact thst. although he
does not touch the hands of the subject,
he places one of his hands below that OF
his companion and the other above it.
but kept them always in plumb line
with that of the subject.
He Was always blindfulded, but always
saw when he was blindfolded, and could
see down along his nose the position OF
the hands. Now, the hand of the sab
ject will generally incline in the direc-
ton he desires TO go, or In that he
desires the mind-reader shoulG go. So.
watching the hands closely, if "a NOV
ing around searching for the hidden
person or thing, If the mind, or rather
Handkerchief goes wrong, the subjects
hand will get o II OF pluub with his two
hands, so all he has TO do is follow the
lead unconscion>ly pointed out.
1t will b. noticed thst sometimes one
member of Il committee is rejected and
another substituted. as was dors several
times at the Grand Central REX enter
tainmentS. This may be accounted for
by the fact thar some men are less
emotional ana Impressive than others,
and a man with sufficient con trotpf his
nerves to keep his hand from pointing
toward the goal, or sufficient mischief in
him to indicate the wrong direction
would naturally be bad subject"
The bhndfolding operation is rather
simple. as the exhibitor folds the hood
wink himself. the only thing done by
the committee being the tying. The
folding can be done so as to leave &
thick and thin portion. and the thick
part placed above or below the eyes
when it is not difficult to see through a
single or even double SILK handkerchief.
Telling the numbers on bank note
is apparently very difficult feat, but
can be done with the assistance Of a
good subject" by following the
motions of the muscles. The subject
studies the number closely the operator
then placing his elbow on the back Of
his assistants hand and telling aim 70
think where he ought to commence, and
subject not alone gives him the
pointers, but actually guides the pen
Gil. OF course, thesuccess depends on
being able to read the tremo- Of the
muscles OF the subject in every case
where he touches the subjects hand. 1t
needs the performer to be pretty good
judge of human nature on about the
same principle as the same knowledge
forms the stock in trade OF the average
fortune-teller.
Mr.. Haight, Philadelphia gentleman
who ret emily gave an exhibition, dupli--
eating many of Mr.. Bishops tricks,
says be simply pushed the bandage up
from his eyes by qnick movement,and
then could see easily thought ehe q paca
bag.-Pittsburg Dispeteh.